YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Grimacing, they run through the rain, their water-logged bulletproof vests getting heavier by the second while their teammate’s encouraging shouts grow louder.A finish line is crossed, usually denoting completion, but in this case, representing simply a line of demarcation...

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (NNS) -- Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled port visit, June 14.Prior to the visit, the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group completed routine operations in the 7th Fleet...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The military lifestyle is all-inclusive of late nights, long shifts, and more often than not, living out of a backpack on weeks-long temporary duty. For the hard-working Airmen of the 13th Fighter Squadron, that reality is all too familiar.Two weeks ago, the...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) expeditionary transfer dock USNS Montford Point (T-ESD 1) and large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) ship USNS Soderman (T-AKR 317) performed a “skin-to-skin” (S2S) maneuver in the vicinity of Saipan to demonstrate MSC’s unique seabasing...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Nestled within the confines of the old Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Airman’s Attic rests the latest tool in the security forces training arsenal – the MILO training system.Through carefully positioned screens and rear facing projectors, the Multiple...

ZHANJIANG, China -- Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) spent time in port Zhanjiang, China, building relationships with their People's Liberation Army (Navy) (PLAN) counterparts through both leisure and professional activities.Activities commenced...

ZHANJIANG, China -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) arrived in Zhanjiang, China, June 12, 2017, for a scheduled port visit.Sterett's visit is the first U.S. Navy visit to Zhanjiang since 2015 and the first U.S. Navy visit to mainland China in 2017."This visit...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Groups of pilots and mission coordinators jostle their eyes between a large screen and a map of the airspace during a mission planning brief with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a fellow Air Force Base out of Anchorage, Alaska, on June 12.After a training scenario...

MANILA, Philippines -- Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited the Republic of the Philippines June 11-14 to reaffirm the U.S. Navy’s strong partnership and ties with the Armed Forces of the Philippines.During his visit to the Philippines, Swift met with Secretary of Foreign...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- Soldiers, civilians and family members from U.S. Army Pacific units across Hawaii gathered at historic Palm Circle, Fort Shafter for a 2-mile Family-Soldier Fun Run/Walk, June 12.The run marks the beginning of a week of events meant to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 242nd...